大学英语单项选择题

Unit21.The republication of the poet’s most recentworks will certainly ____ his nationalreputation.A) magnify B) enlargeC) strengthen D) enhance2. Humidity (湿度) is so intense in some parts of the tropics that Europeans find they are unable to ____ it.A) maintain B) persistC) endure D) sustain3. The suspect’s fingerprints on the gun were the main ____ against him.A) crime B) informationC) conviction D) evidence4. Most people who travel in the course of their work are given travelling ____.A) income B) allowancesC) pay D) wages5. Be careful with those fireworks; they are ____ to go off unexpectedly.A) easy B) probableC) available D) liable5. Be careful with those fireworks; they are ____ to go off unexpectedly.A) easy B) probableC) available D) liable6. He ran so fast that he was out of ____.A) air B) oxygenC) breath D) wind7. When you go to the doctor he asks you to describe your ____ so that he can make a diagnosis (诊断).A) indications B) signsC) symbols D) symptoms8. In general , the amount that a student spends for housing should be held to one-fifth the total ____ for living expenses.A) acceptable B) availableC) advisable D) applicable9. His inability to learn foreign languages was a(n) ____ to his career.A) objection B) defectC) obstacle D) depression10. The ratio of the work done by the machine ____ the work done on it is called the efficiency of the machine.A) against B) withC) to D) for11. During the war she always kept a ____ of tinned food in the house.A) load B) substituteC) conservation D) reserve12. This machine works very well so long as no one ____ with it.A) interferes B) disturbsC) upsets D) interrupts13. In Britain people ____ four million tons of potatoes every year.A) consume B) swallowC) exhaust D) dispose14. That’s really typical ____ John. He says he’ll come but he never turns up.A) for B) ofC) to D) with15. No effective ____ has been found for this fatal disease which claims thousands of lives each year.A) settlement B) methodC) remedy D) prescription16. She was _____ what she had written so as to make the theme stand out more clearly.A) repairing B) revisingC) remedying D) reforming17. The one pleasure that Einstein ____ his great fame was the ability it gave him to help others.A) resulted from B) stirred upC) turned out D) derived from18. The rain was heavy and ____ the land was flooded.aA) consequently B) continuouslyC) constantly D) consistently19. The present difficulties _____ from our failure to deal with the problem when it first arose.A) step a B) stemC) steer D) sponsor20. Universal peace would be ____ to all mankind.A A) beneficial B) validC) advisable D) worthy21. The local government leaders are making every effort to ____ the problem of poverty.A) loosen aB) tackleC) remove D) encounter22. We have not ______ information to statethe exact damage.A) abundant a B) sufficientC) plenty D) efficient23. The court considers a financial ____ to be an appropriate way of punishing him.A) option B) dutyC) obligation aD) penalty24. The explorers were told to ____ themselves with everything they would need for the voyage.A) associate a B) equipC) retreat D) feed25. What he ____ was that you didn’t tell the whole tr uth.A) referred a B) impliedC) inclined D) accorded26. He hopes to ____ his paintings before the public in New York very soon.a A) exhibit B) exposeC) express D) experience27. German and Italian courses are held in Munich and Rome ____.A) relatively B) reluctantlya C) respectively D) relevantly28. This vast stock of computerized images has ____ the possibilities open to the artist.A) speculated B) sponsoredC) generated a D) multiplied29. We don’t know all the circumstances, so it would be pointless to ____ on what happened.A) infer a B) speculateC) guess D) infer30. This is the first draft of the book. Please feel perfectly free to ____ on it.A) cope B) complainA C) comment D) confirmUint 31. You must take the _____ steps by yourself; after you have begun, I will help you.A) primitive a B) preliminaryC) primary D) practicable2. How can you best ______ in your students the speech habits of the English language?A) civilize aB) cultivateC) evolve D) train3. After three hours of heated debate, the _____ bill was passed by a narrow majority .A) virtual B) universala C) controversial D) substantial4. Richard’s news report covering the conference was so _____ that nothing had been omitted.aA) comprehensive B) integratedC) redundant D) productive5. Shaking hands when people meet each other for the first time is practiced as a _____ way of greeting.aA) conventional B) conservativeC) constant D) convenient6. If you _____ a magnet-needle, its two ends can point North and South, and so it can be used to determine directions.A) overtake B) fixC) highlight aD) suspend7. I am afraid that you have to alter your _____ views in light of the tragic news that has just arrived.A) indifferent B) distressingaC) optimistic D) pessimistic8. Stamping on any country’s national flag is an _____ to its people.A) inflation B) ingredientaC) insult D) invasion9. When he was a young boy, a serious disease deprived him of the _____ of hearing.A) organ B) possessionC) conduct aD) faculty10. If you _____ bright sunlight _____ dry wood with a glass, it will start burning.A) expose … to B) concentrate … onC) aim … at aD) focus … on11. The manufacturers refused to take all _____ for damage caused by misuse.A) duty aB) responsibilityC) obligation D) share12. The noise was so faint that you had to ______ your ears to hear it.A) stir B) strengthenaC) strain D) stride13. We’ve done our ______ to make the process as simp le as possible.A) terminal aB) utmostC) extreme D) supreme14. What he said was too ______ for me to understand.A) compound aB) complexC) comprehensive D) conventional15. Their products are frequently overpriced and ____ in quality.A) influential aB) inferiorC) superior D) subordinate16. The old buildings blend with the new ones in perfect _____ so awalk along Nanking Road is an enjoyable discovery.A) control B) ordera C) harmony D) action17. One of his eyes was injured in an accident, but after a _____ operation, he quickly recovered his sight.A) delicate B) considerateaC) precise D) sensitive18. If your baby is losing weight, you should _____ your doctor promptly.A) advocate aB) consultC) enquire D) investigate19. I have worked on three _____ Saturdays.A) continuous B) consistentaC) successive D) regular20. With the introduction of _____ technology, information flows faster than it ever did.A) involved B) complicatedA C) sophisticated D) complex21. The rest of the family had nearly reached the river, but Jane was _____ behind as usual.A) declining B) delayingC) lacking aD) lagging22. It will be safer to walk on the streets because people will not need to carry large amounts of cash; virtually all financial _____ will be conducted by computer.A) transformations B) transmissionsC) transitions a D) transactions23. While both plans were perfectly sensible, only one seemed _____ in China’s particular situation.A) useful B) availablea C) feasible D) desirable24. Preliminary estimation puts the figure at around $110 billion, _____ the $160 billion the President is struggling to get through the Congress.A) in proportion to B) in reply toC) in relation to aD) in contrast to25. We _____ the cook because her cooking was so poor.aA) dismissed B) desertedC) resigned D) withdrew26. Dogs are often praised for their ______; they almost never abandon their masters.A) faith a B) loyaltyC) trust D) truthfulness27. Most parents encourage their children to take an active part insocial events, _____ those events do not interfere with their studies.A) lest B) thoughC) unless a D) provided28. We must _____ these trash ideas.aA) discard B) disposeC) discharge D) dismiss29. She can run 100 meters in 13 seconds without _____ herself.A) executing B) insertingaC) exerting D) devoting30. Our holiday plans _____ because of transport strikes.A) fell out aB) fell throughC) fell over D) fell behindUnit 41. If my plan isn’t ______ of by the committee, all my work will have been wasted.aA) approved B) consentedC) agreed D) admitted2. Everybody ______ in the hall where they were welcomed by the secretary.aA) assembled B) accumulatedC) piled D) joined3. Mr. Bloom is not ______ now, but he will be famous someday.A) significant B) dominantC) magnificent aD) prominent4. The bridge was named ______ the hero who gave his life for the cause of the people.aA) after B) withC) by D) from5. Most people were no longer listening to his long ______ story.A) annoying aB) boringC) tiring D) exhausting6. Each of them had a different ______ of what actually happened, but hers was by far more believable.A) message B) theorya C) version D) comment7. His latest piece of work was ______ by a song he heard on the radio.A) released aB) inspiredC) assessed D) composed8. As we know, blood types A and B cannot receive AB, but AB may receive A or B. Type O can give to any other group; hence it is often called the _____ donor.A) general B) populara C) universal D) common9. Very few scientists _____ completely new answers to the world’s problems.A) catch up with a B) come up withC) keep up with D) put up with10. The socks were too small, and it was only by _____ them that he managed to get them on.A) spreading B) extendingC) lengthening a D) stretching11. Most broadcasters maintain that TV has been unfairly criticized and argue that the power of the medium is _____.A) granted B) impliedA C) exaggerated D) remedied12. Of all the soldiers they had the _____ of being the fiercest, the most patriotic, the toughest.A) recognition B) reservationC) recreation a D) reputation13. She _____ along the path, glad to be able to take her time.A) hurried B) marchedC) progressed a D) wandered14. The company has _____ over the years into a multi-million dollar organization.A) involved B) resolvedaC) evolved D) revolved15. During the war, the government _____ many soldiers from the workers and farmers.A) adopted B) collectedC) integrated a D) recruited16. Some of his suggestions have been adopted but others have been turned _____ as they are quite impracticable.A) away B) backC) out a D) down17. All the key words in the article are printed in _____ type so as to attract readers’ attention.A) dark B) denseC) black aD) bold18. This story is not real; it is only ______.a A) imaginary B) imaginativeC) imaginable D) imagined19. A peculiarly pointed chin is his most memorable facial ______.A) mark a B) featureC) trace D) appearance20. In 1914, an apparently insignificant event in a remote part of Eastern Europe _____ Europe into a great war.A) imposed B) pitched21. He bought the house with a(n) _____ to making a quick profit out of it.A) goal B) purposea C) eye D) reason22. I’m very sorry to have _____ you with so many questions on such an occasion.A) interfered B) offendedC) impressed aD) bothered23. They are giving away free _____ of this new kind of cooking oil.A) illustrations B) demonstrationsC) examples a D) samples24. The scientists made ______ plans for landing a man on the moon.A) acute a B) elaborateC) virtual D) delicate25. Although they plant trees in this area every year, the tops of somehills are still ______.A) blank B) hollowC) vacant aD) bare26. All the streets were ______ with flags to welcome the Chinese delegation.A) supplied B) mended27. Y ou can’t drive a car unless you hol d a driving ______.A) permission B) ticketC) pass a D) license28. Although the cyclist was unhurt, his bicycle was _____ between the lorry and the wall.A A) crushed B) clappedC) split D) cracked29. The wholesale price of this coat is $20 and the _____ price for it is $28.A) virtual B) massivea C) retail D) singular30. Floods cause billions of dollars worth of property damage _____.A) relatively B) actuallyaC) annually D) comparativelyUnit 6. Since many insects have already become ____ to DDT, scientists have to look for some new insecticide.A) active aB) resistantC) tough D) gradual2. It is a type of desert bush that can ____ extremes of temperature.A) adapt B) withdrawa C) withstand D) shade3. If a man is easily taken in by emotional traps, he will not be able to make ____ judgments.A) sensitive B) sentimentala C) sensible D) sensational4. Whenever he writes to his parents, he ____ a cheque with his letter.a A) encloses B) containsC) reserves D) invests5. You should save your work often as a ____ against computer failure.A) sanction a B) precautionC) shield D) shelter6. It took millions of years for order to grow out of the ____ of the universe.A) adjustment B) changea C) chaos D) profile7. According to the weather ____, it’s going to be fine today.A) prediction B) indicationC) provision a D) forecast8. Accidents are of frequent ____ on this motorway because the traffic is extremely heavy here.A) arrival B) proportionC) scale a D) occurrence9. Her pulse was so weak that the doctor had difficulty ____ it.A) inspecting aB) detectingC) touching D) contacting10. There is need to check the ____ of the report.A) frequency a B) accuracyC) emergency D) efficiency11. The old man did not seem to attach any importance ____ the question.a A) to B) withC) towards D) for12. As the plane was getting ready to take off, we all ____ our seat belts.A) tied B) lockeda C) fastened D) closed13. Professor Collins was ____ of the latest developments in physics because he had been in hospital for several months.A) unconscious B) negativeC) robbed a D) ignorant14. It has been revealed that some government leaders ____ their authority and position to get illegal profits for themselves.A) employ B) takea C) abuse D) overlook15. Fertilizer will ____ the growth of these tomato plants.A) accomplish aB) accelerateC) accumulate D) account16. Years of ____ labor had hardened his muscles.A) survival B) mentalC) restless a D) manual17. Very few plants will ____ without water.a A) flourish B) fadeC) stem D) cultivate18. We rarely perceive more than a minute ____ of the sights and sounds that fall upon our sense organs; the great majority pass us by.A) fiction B) functiona C) fraction D) fragment19. I guess the whole paper has to be rewritten; only the first few paragraphs may be ____.A) sustained B) containedC) maintained aD) retained20. The police will give you a ticket if you ____ the speed limit.A) break B) rejectC) suspend a D) exceed21. The wise man exercises ____ in his behavior and enjoyments.A) limitation B) interestC) restriction a D) restraint22. When Jack was eighteen he ____ going around with a strange set of people and staying out very late.a A) took to B) took forC) took up D) took on23. Which is the most expensive ____ training equipment, players’ personal equipment and uniforms?A) in place of aB) in terms ofC) by means of D) by way of24. The survival of civilization, as we know, is ____ threat.A) within a B) underC) towards D) upon25. George took ____ of the fine weather to do a day’s work in his garden.A) chance B) effectC) occasion a D) advantageUnit 71. Gary has planned to take a tour around the Great Lakes in the coming summer vacation and _____ great pleasure from the visit.A) acquires a B) anticipatesC) recalls D) reckons2. They are two dollars each but if you buy ten, you get a _____ of ten per cent.a A) discount B) recessionC) depression D) discharge3. Money _____ as it goes from person to person.A) speaks B) scattersa C) circulates D) distributes4. His hope _____ when he heard that there were some survivors in the shipwreck.A) highlighted a B) soaredC) inspired D) flourished5. I bought a washing-machine and asked to have it sent to my house. The manager of the store promised to make a prompt _____.a A) delivery B) relayC) supply D) transport6. He _____ his rose bushes carefully with insecticide every evening.A) distributed B) dischargedC) spread a D) sprayed7. His company went _____ after he failed in the business.A) decent B) negativeaC) bankrupt D) acute8. She always makes notes in the _____ of a book.A) border B) blanka C) margin D) edge9. A new spaceship was _____ at Cape Kennedy yesterday.A) motivated B) releasedC) transmitted a D) launched10. Don’t _____ this news to the public until we give you the go-ahead.A) relieve a B) releaseC) relate D) retain11. The noise was caused by a dog _____ a cat through the garden.a A) chasing B) followingC) catching D) fighting12. Although the two players are _____ in the tennis court, they are really good friends.A) partners B) enemiesa C) rivals D) companions13. We can _____ the possibility of total loss from our calculations.a A) exclude B) preventC) excuse D) discard14. I felt _____ to death because I could make nothing of thechairman’s speech.A) fatigued B) tiredC) exhausted a D) bored15. The two friends said goodbye and then went their _____ ways.A) relevant B) relativeC) reluctant a D) respective16. They _____ the flood after a heroic fight lasting five days and four nights.a A) conquered B) combatedC) won D) withdrew17. Two men were _____ a large log over the rough ground with the help of a rope.A) pushing B) drawinga C) dragging D) carrying18. They claimed that _____ 1,000 factories closed down during the economic crisis.A) sufficiently a B) approximatelyC) considerably D) properly19. Everyone _____ around quietly to avoid waking the baby.A) cracked a B) crashedC) crawled D) crept20. Lower taxes would _____ investment and help economic growth.A) harness B) highlights C) spur D) soar21. John al ways arrives on time. He’s so _____.A) rapid B) timelya C) punctual D) likely22. What’s the Chinese _____ for the English word “refer”?A) equality B) equala C) equivalent D) equation23. The soldier was _____ of running away when the enemy attacked.A) scolded B) chargeda C) accused D) punished24. She _____ all criticism and calmly went on with the project.A) smashed up B) left offC) hung up a D) shrugged off25. Success now seemed very remote and Bernard felt _____.a A) pessimistic B) optimisticC) positive D) objective26. This is _____ the most difficult job I have ever tackled.A) by rights B) by itselfC) by oneself a D) by far27. The price of beer _____ from 50 cents to $4 per liter during the summer season.A) altered a B) rangedC) separated D) differed28. Only the most sophisticated theories of modern physics can _____ this phenomenon.a A) account for B) count onC) account of D) count for29. On his back the man carried a heavy _____ of old clothes.A) bulk a B) bundleC) stock D) mass30. There was a 0.3 per cent rise in the cost-of-living _____.A) mark B) gradeC) indication a D) indexUnit 91. If my plan isn’t ______ of by the committee, all my work will have been wasted.A A) approved B) consentedC) agreed D) admitted2. Everybody ______ in the hall where they were welcomed by the secretary.a A) assembled B) accumulatedC) piled D) joined3. Mr. Bloom is not ______ now, but he will be famous someday.A) significant B) dominantC) magnificent a D) prominent4. The bridge was named ______ the hero who gave his life for the cause of the people.a A) after B) withC) by D) from5. Most people were no longer listening to his long ______ story.A) annoying a B) boringC) tiring D) exhausting6. Each of them had a different ______ of what actually happened, but hers was by far more believable.A) message B) theorya C) version D) comment7. His latest piece of work was ______ by a song he heard on the radio.A) released aB) inspiredC) assessed D) composed8. As we know, blood types A and B cannot receive AB, but AB may receive A or B. Type O can give to any other group; hence it is often called the _____ donor.A) general B) populara C) universal D) common9. Very few scientists _____ completely new answers to the world’s problems.A) catch up with a B) come up withC) keep up with D) put up with10. The socks were too small, and it was only by _____ them that he managed to get them on.A) spreading B) extendingC) lengthening a D) stretching11. Most broadcasters maintain that TV has been unfairly criticized and argue that the power of the medium is _____.A) granted B) implieda C) exaggerated D) remedied12. Of all the soldiers they had the _____ of being the fiercest, the most patriotic, the toughest.A) recognition B) reservationC) recreation a D) reputation13. She _____ along the path, glad to be able to take her time.A) hurried B) marchedC) progressed a D) wandered14. The company has _____ over the years into a multi-million dollar organization.A) involved B) resolveda C) evolved D) revolved15. During the war, the government _____ many soldiers from the workers and farmers.A) adopted B) collectedC) integrated a D) recruited16. Some of his suggestions have been adopted but others have been turned _____ as they are quite impracticable.A) away B) backC) out a D) down17. All the key words in the article are printed in _____ type so as to attract readers’ attention.A) dark B) denseC) black a D) bold18. This story is not real; it is only ______.A A) imaginary B) imaginativeC) imaginable D) imagined19. A peculiarly pointed chin is his most memorable facial ______.A) mark a B) featureC) trace D) appearance20. In 1914, an apparently insignificant event in a remote part of Eastern Europe _____ Europe into a great war.A) imposed B) pitchedC) inserted a D) plunged21. He bought the house with a(n) _____ to making a quick profit out of it.A) goal B) purposea C) eye D) reason22. I’m very sorry to have _____ you with so many questions on such an occasion.A) interfered B) offendedC) impressed a D) bothered23. They are giving away free _____ of this new kind of cooking oil.A) illustrations B) demonstrationsC) examples a D) samples24. The scientists made ______ plans for landing a man on the moon.A) acute aB) elaborateC) virtual D) delicate25. Although they plant trees in this area every year, the tops of some hills are still ______.A) blank B) hollowC) vacant a D) bare26. All the streets were ______ with flags to welcome the Chinese delegation.A) supplied B) mendeda C) decorated D) pasted27. Y ou can’t drive a car unless you hold a driving ______.A) permission B) ticketC) pass a D) license28. Although the cyclist was unhurt, his bicycle was _____ between the lorry and the wall.a A) crushed B) clappedC) split D) cracked29. The wholesale price of this coat is $20 and the _____ price for it is $28.A) virtual B) massivea C) retail D) singular30. Floods cause billions of dollars worth of property damage _____.A) relatively B) actuallya C) annually D) comparatively。